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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt replied to a letter from James Y. Sakamoto, chairman of the Emergency Defense Council of the Japanese American Citizens League, in which she stated that she was sure the government would do its best to provide for persons of…

Would-be farmers who wished to take over the farms being left by the Japanese were told to negotiate on their own because there was the mistaken impression that the Farm Security Administration was taking over the farms and then would sell or lease…

New Mexico Gov. John E. Miles advised New Mexico landowners not to sell property to Japanese Americans from the West Coast who might want to establish farm colonies in the state.

State and fedeal officials were meeting in Salt Lake City to discuss the ramifications of the evacuation of Japanese from the West Coast. Meanwhile, in Washington state the U.S. Employment Service was sending "flying squadrons" to communities to help…

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt sent a reassuring letter to James Sakamoto of the Japanese American Citizens League telling him of the government's plan to make evacuation decent and comfortable and to safeguard the evacuees from violence.

The state bar association of Nevada protested any plans to allow Japanese American students from California to attend the University of Nevada at Reno saying if the students were dangerous in California, they would be dangerous in Nevada.

The State Personnel Board of California dismissed some 350 to 400 Japanese American employees, and some of them will be charge with falsifying their job applications by holding dual citizenship or having attended Japanese language schools.

A Japanese American from Bainbridge Island wrote back to tell everyone that their group arrived safely at the Manzanar camp and were settling down in their new living quarters.

A second group of Japanese Canadians was scheduled to leave Vancouver, B.C. for Schreiber, Ontario to work on road camps. A wire received from the group at Schreiber indicated things were satisfactory and the townspeople were friendly.

A Japanese translation of Bulletin No. 4, which the American Friends Service Committee issued to announce that they would help evacuated Japanese and assist in their resettlement so they could lead a normal life.